# US 2025/0097747 A1 · System and method for implementing sensing and communication function in a telecommunication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0097747 A1 - Document ID: US20250097747A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/280,562 - Filed: 2023-08-08 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2023-05-31 - Assignees: Rakuten Symphony, Inc. - Applicants: Rakuten Symphony, Inc. - Inventors: Manmeet Singh BHANGU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250097747A1 ## CPC - H04B 17/309: Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters - H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04B 17/336: Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] - H04B 17/364: Delay profiles - H04W 84/02: Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop] - H04W 88/18: Service support devices; Network management devices - H04W 92/02: Inter-networking arrangements - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Provided are a system, a method, and a device for implementing sensing and communication functions in a telecommunication system. According to embodiments, the system may include at least one sensor node and at least one server node. The at least one sensor node may be configured to obtain one or more sensing data and to provide the one or more sensing data to one or more network functions. Further, the at least one sensor node may include at least one 3GPP node, at least one non-3GPP node, or a combination thereof. The at least one server node may include: a memory storage storing instructions for implementing a sensing function and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage. The at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from the one or more network functions, the one or more sensing data; process the one or more sensing data to produce one or more sensing results; and output, to the one or more network functions, the one or more sensing results. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: at least one sensor node configured to obtain one or more sensing data and to provide the one or more sensing data to one or more network functions, wherein the at least one sensor node comprises at least one 3GPP node, at least one non-3GPP node, or a combination thereof; and at least one server node comprising: a memory storage storing instructions for implementing a sensing function; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from the one or more network functions, the one or more sensing data; process the one or more sensing data to produce one or more sensing results; and output, to the one or more network functions, the one or more sensing results. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one 3GPP sensor node comprises at least one 3GPP-based user equipment (UE), a 3GPP-based base station, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one non-3GPP sensor node comprises a non-3GPP-based UE, an accelerometer, an image sensor, an audio sensor, a radar, a camera, a temperature sensor, a location sensor, a contact sensor, an air sensor, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one server node comprises an edge server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more network functions comprises one or more of: a Network Exposure Function (NEF), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), and a User Plane Function (UPF). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the system comprises at least two server nodes, wherein a first server node of the at least two server nodes comprises the sensing function, and wherein a second server node of the at least two server nodes comprises the one or more network functions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more sensing data comprises information associated with an emitted signal and information associated with a responded signal, and wherein the responded signal comprises one or more of: a reflected signal, a refracted signal, and a diffracted signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the one or more sensing data comprises one or more of: an angle of emission of the emitted signal, an angle of reflection of the reflected signal, an angle of refraction of the refracted signal, an angle of diffraction of the diffracted signal, a frequency of the emitted signal, a frequency of the reflected signal, a frequency of the refracted signal, a frequency of the diffracted signal, a phase of the emitted signal, a phase of the reflected signal, a phase of the refracted signal, a phase of the diffracted signal, a time-of-flight (ToF) of the emitted signal, a ToF of the reflected signal, a ToF of the refracted signal, a ToF of the diffracted signal, an amplitude of the emitted signal, an amplitude of the reflected signal, an amplitude of the refracted signal, and an amplitude of the diffracted signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the one or more sensing data comprises one or more of: Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of the emitted signal, SNR of the reflected signal, SNR of the refracted signal, SNR of the diffracted signal, Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) of the emitted signal, SINR of the reflected signal, SINR of the refracted signal, SINR of the diffracted signal, signal strength of the emitted signal, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of the reflected signal, RSSI of the refracted signal, RSSI of the diffracted signal, signal fluctuation of the reflected signal, signal fluctuation the refracted signal, signal fluctuation the diffracted signal, latency of the reflected signal, latency of the refracted signal, latency of the diffracted signal, jitter of the reflected signal, jitter of the refracted signal, jitter of the diffracted signal, Bit Error Rate (BER) of the reflected signal, BER of the refracted signal, and BER of the diffracted signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the at least one processor of the at least one server node is configured to execute the instructions to process the one or more sensing data by: comparing the information of the emitted signal to the information of the reflected signal to determine a change in the emitted signal; based on determining that the emitted signal has changed, determining whether or not the change in the emitted signal satisfies one or more conditions; and generating the one or more sensing results based on the outcomes of the determinations. ### Claim 11 A method, performed by at least one processor of at least one server node of a system upon executing instructions for implementing a sensing function, comprising: receiving, from one or more network functions, one or more sensing data, wherein the one or more sensing data are provided to the one or more network functions by at least one sensor node, wherein the at least one sensor node comprises at least one 3GPP node, at least one non-3GPP node, or a combination thereof; processing the one or more sensing data to produce one or more sensing results; and outputting, to the one or more network functions, the one or more sensing results. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one 3GPP sensor node comprises at least one 3GPP-based user equipment (UE), a 3GPP-based base station, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one non-3GPP sensor node comprises a non-3GPP-based UE, an accelerometer, an image sensor, an audio sensor, a radar, a camera, a temperature sensor, a location sensor, a contact sensor, an air sensor, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one server node comprises an edge server. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more network functions comprises one or more of: a Network Exposure Function (NEF), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), and a User Plane Function (UPF). ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the system comprises at least two server nodes, wherein a first server node of the at least two server nodes comprises the sensing function, and wherein a second server node of the at least two server nodes comprises the one or more network functions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more sensing data comprises information associated with an emitted signal and information associated with a responded signal, and wherein the responded signal comprises one or more of: a reflected signal, a refracted signal, and a diffracted signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the one or more sensing data comprises one or more of: an angle of emission of the emitted signal, an angle of reflection of the reflected signal, an angle of refraction of the refracted signal, an angle of diffraction of the diffracted signal, a frequency of the emitted signal, a frequency of the reflected signal, a frequency of the refracted signal, a frequency of the diffracted signal, a phase of the emitted signal, a phase of the reflected signal, a phase of the refracted signal, a phase of the diffracted signal, a time-of-flight (ToF) of the emitted signal, a ToF of the reflected signal, a ToF of the refracted signal, a ToF of the diffracted signal, an amplitude of the emitted signal, an amplitude of the reflected signal, an amplitude of the refracted signal, and an amplitude of the diffracted signal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the one or more sensing data comprises one or more of: Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of the emitted signal, SNR of the reflected signal, SNR of the refracted signal, SNR of the diffracted signal, Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) of the emitted signal, SINR of the reflected signal, SINR of the refracted signal, SINR of the diffracted signal, signal strength of the emitted signal, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of the reflected signal, RSSI of the refracted signal, RSSI of the diffracted signal, signal fluctuation of the reflected signal, signal fluctuation the refracted signal, signal fluctuation the diffracted signal, latency of the reflected signal, latency of the refracted signal, latency of the diffracted signal, jitter of the reflected signal, jitter of the refracted signal, jitter of the diffracted signal, Bit Error Rate (BER) of the reflected signal, BER of the refracted signal, and BER of the diffracted signal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the processing the one or more sensing data comprises: comparing the information of the emitted signal to the information of the reflected signal to determine a change in the emitted signal; based on determining that the emitted signal has changed, determining whether or not the change in the emitted signal satisfies one or more conditions; and generating the one or more sensing results based on the outcomes of the determinations.